The bill introducing a referendum on the alternative vote finally made its way through the Lords last night. Today, at sunrise, the YES! campaign celebrated by making Trafalgar Square purple.
The bill introducing a referendum on the alternative vote finally made its way through the Lords last night, after peers voted by 221 to 153 to abandon the clause that the referendum be deemed only advisory unless there was a turnout of more than 40 per cent. The referendum will now definitely go ahead on 5 May.
Today, at sunrise, the YES! campaign celebrated by making Trafalgar Square purple.
Niki Seth-Smith is a freelance journalist and editor. She’s currently on the publishing team at Ignota Books. She also writes fiction and is interested in the intersection of fact, myth and narrative.
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